Birth name | George William Leslie Macleod | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 May 1858 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Macleod was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]
He played for Edinburgh Academicals. [2]
He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the inter-city match of 1 December 1877.
He played twice for Scotland. His debut was the 4 March 1878 match against England at The Oval. [3]
He second and final cap was against Ireland in Glasgow on 18 February 1882. [4]
He was born to Gordon Macleod and Mary Ramsay Leslie. He had two sisters: Mary Wilhelmina Louisa Macleod and Henrietta Preston Macleod. His mother Mary died when he was only three; his father Gordon died 12 years later.
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